{"id":4606,"date":"2011-11-07T13:40:53","date_gmt":"2011-11-07T18:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.buildingcathedrals.com\/?p=4606"},"modified":"2011-11-07T13:40:53","modified_gmt":"2011-11-07T18:40:53","slug":"on-dresses-and-such","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/buildingcathedrals\/2011\/11\/on-dresses-and-such\/","title":{"rendered":"On Dresses and Such&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>This morning as I was drying my hair after a shower at the gym, a woman approached me saying something that I couldn\u2019t hear because of the noise from the hairdryer. A bit confused, I turned off the hairdryer and said, \u201cI\u2019m sorry, could you repeat that?\u201d To which she replied, \u201cWhat a pretty dress, you look so feminine.\u201d My face lit up with a smile as I thanked her for her compliment, and we both went our own separate ways.<\/p>\n<p>I started thinking about this nice woman\u2019s comment, realizing that I don\u2019t often wear dresses, or even skirts for that matter. Quite honestly, the only reasons that I wore a dress today were: 1) All of my pants are in the wash, and 2) It really is too warm for pants (the highs are in the low 80\u2019s), but I just don\u2019t feel right wearing shorts in November!<\/p>\n<p>So, what do you think? Is it worth the effort to bring a bit of the feminine into your everyday appearance? If so, how do you do this \u2013 perhaps you wear skirts, or cute headbands, or make sure that you have a nice hairstyle? Or do all of these seem like unimportant details to you?<\/p>\n<p>God bless you all this Monday morning!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning as I was drying my hair after a shower at the gym, a woman approached me saying something that I couldn\u2019t hear because of the noise from the hairdryer. 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